Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The west line was the entrance to the Suifen River's sea. Suifen River who originated from the white body of black water headed east, and before reaching the sea, he turned a corner and shot into Amur Bay on the west side of Haishenwai City from the north to the south.

The defenses of the Braveheart Army were spread out along the east side of the Suifen River. The frozen Suifen River was as wide as a road, and the snow that had just been trampled on revealed the firm surface of the ice.

It was already 9: 30 in the morning. Ever since the Cossack had broken through the defense line, the loyal troops had used two and a half hours to expand the defense line. At this time, the eastern shore of the Suifen River was no longer the same time it used to be in the morning.

With the 4 km wide shooting position as a base, countless barbed wire were constructed on the battlefield. For this battle, Xiao Letian specially ordered 50 tons of barbed wire from Tanggu Iron Factory, and they were all sent to the far east through the city using large coils.

Previously, the volunteers had been in an aggressive state, but only a small amount of the barbed wire had been used. But now that their offense and defense had changed, these supplies could be considered to have come in handy.

The thick pine wood was sharpened to the ground, and three wooden sticks were tied into a tripod, strong and stable. He smashed one of them down 20 meters and tied it up with sharp wire.

This kind of work without any technical content was something anyone could do. The whole battlefield was filled with engineers and civil servants with steamed buns in their mouths who were still holding onto barbed wire.

The soldiers weren't idle either, they rushed to the ice and began to dig. It was a hard job, and the sixty or seventy centimeters thick ice didn't allow you to place explosives directly, which would be much less powerful. You had to cut a thirty-centimeter groove and bury the explosives in it to increase the explosion's efficiency.

The defensive line was more than 1500 meters away from them from the south. Everyone knew that their explosives couldn't completely destroy the surface of the ice, and there wasn't enough time, but even if they only delayed the attack of a portion of the cavalry, that was enough.

The unending stream of soldiers brought even more sandbags. The shooting grounds began to extend and gradually connected together, until finally, a standing Gatling was set up on the ground. Finally, the entire area was filled with cheers.

"F * ck!" You've finally sent this treasure up here. Where did you guys go? "

The archers controlling the Gatling could not help but laugh bitterly. They thought to themselves, "Do you know how difficult it is to serve? A single Gatling would require a class of soldiers to serve them. This is a high-tech weapon."

This era's Gatling was the most primitive version, it was not as easy to operate as the later generations of movies and television shows. The cumbersome Six Barrel Gatling heavy machine gun was like a small field gun, it had to be placed on a gun rack to move, and being carried by soldiers was not shown at all.

This kind of weapon was not yet an automatic weapon, so he had to rely on the experienced shooter to personally turn the crank. This was a very rigorous technique, it was too fast and could easily cause problems, but it was not enough to suppress the enemy.

In a battle of life and death with thousands of men and horses, hot-blooded combat was very easy to excite one's spirit. If a archer's psychological quality was not good enough, he would unconsciously speed up the shaking speed, becoming faster and faster as he learned about mechanical problems such as stuck and shell.

Therefore, the first and second archers of the Gatling machine guns were chosen from the oldest veterans who were used to life and death.

There were a total of two main and secondary archers in one Gatling. The class monitor and vice-class leader were in charge of training during the day, while the load bearers were two.

The two looters were very crucial. The Gatling did not use a chain bomb nor a magazine bomb, but the most primitive type of bullet. A long line of fifty rounds was manually inserted into the slots by the reloader during the shooting process.

This job was not easy to do, every minute Gatling opened fire, it would pour out 200 to 300 rounds of bullets, which meant that the two reloading workers had to fill it three times per minute, a total of six times. In between, they also had to link together and link up continuously, in order to ensure the effective output of the firepower.

From this, it can be seen that the loader is also a very dangerous job, stooping, standing straight, loading, retreating... A series of tasks had made it easy for them to expose their target, making them vulnerable to enemy fire.

There were two shooters, two watchers, and two loader. The remaining four people were Mechanics and Reserve Soldiers. The movement of heavy machine guns as well as the use of bracket fixing when firing, the construction of bulletproof bunkers were all done by the Mechanics and Reserves. The most important thing was the Mechanics, some minor faults had to be fixed on the spot.

They were the engineers of the Heavy Machine Gun Squad and were a ready reserve force. There were exactly ten people forming a firing squad of Gatling. Only by doing this could this primitive heavy firepower display its effectiveness.

The soldiers, who had suffered heavy casualties, would of course start cursing and swearing. With such a good weapon, if they didn't send it up to fight the enemy, would they leave the hatchlings? But how could they know how difficult it was to serve such a precious weapon? How could the Western Army not use it in large numbers when they knew that the Americans had invented such a weapon? To put it bluntly, it was because it was too difficult to serve her.

However, one of the attributes of Chinese Heaven's Gift was endurance. Not only could they endure hardships, they were also very patient. Their minds were meticulous and they would not go crazy with small jobs, but it was this kind of outstanding race. They did not dislike Gatling s, this kind of extremely delicate weapon.

In fact, there was even a saying in the machine gun class, not to mention Jia De being hard to serve, even if it was harder it would be easier to serve than the Eight Banners Grandmaster of the Beijing! Anyone who had been with those ancestors would be able to serve this master Jia.

"Stop complaining! He had just added in his boss' temper again, so it took him half an hour to change the parts … But don't worry about it now! With the ten great masters guarding it, no matter how many thousands the enemy had, they would not be able to get even a little bit of distance away! "

Just as the main observer was bragging, from the southwest side of the battlefield, a few war horses suddenly came out from a small forest on the other side of the Suifen River. On the horses were all soldiers wearing Chinese military uniforms, and the one leading them was actually a big child.

He saw the horse running like lightning. The moment the horse reached the ice, the child took out a phosphorescent fireball and ignited it. The bright yellow alarm shot up into the sky.

"The Russian is here! The whole forest and roads were filled with Russian s … The enemy's reinforcements are coming! "

The veterans at the front lines were shocked when they saw this. "Who is this?" How can you ride such a good war horse! "

The veteran didn't rub the sand in his eyes, he pointed at the big horses and stammered, "Isn't this …" Not... Wasn't it that horse? "

"Damn, that's a Arabian Horse that only a Company Leader and above can ride! I heard it was bought from the desert far away! "